T. K. Divakaran (8 December 1920 – 19 January 1976 in Pattathanam, Kollam) was a

Malayali The Malayali people () (also spelt Malayalee and also known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian peoples, Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala in India, occupying its southwestern Malabar coast. ...

politician,

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

ist and a former member of

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...

. He was also a Minister in the

E. M. S. Namboodiripad Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known as EMS, was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969. A ...

led

Kerala Government Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

. Divakaran was born on 8 December 1920 in

Kollam Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...

. He studied up to SSLC and after his education joined the

politics in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. He became an influential trade union leader in

. He came to active politics through the Trade Union Sector. He was an active member of the State Congress in the erstwhile state of

Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At ...

. He was also known as an orator. He was jailed many times for his involvement in the Freedom Movement,

Punnapra-Vayalar uprising The Punnapra-Vayalar killings (October 1946) was a militant communist movement in the Princely State of Travancore, British India against the Prime Minister, C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and the state.Manorama Yearbook 2011, ISSN 0970-9096 Historians ...

, etc. He was one of the founder members of the

Kerala Socialist Party Kerala Socialist Party (KSP) is a political party in India founded under the leadership of Mathai Manjooran on 21 September 1947 at Kozhikode. It began as a small party, but its front-line leaders compelled the party deep into the public imagina ...

(KSP) and later joined the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1952 and 1954. He served as the Municipal Chairman of

, Central Committee Member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, State President of U.T.U.C. He was the Minister of Public Works in the

Ministry from 1967 to 1969. He was also the Minister of Public Works in the

C. Achutha Menon Chelat Achutha Menon (13 January 1913 – 16 August 1991) was the Chief Minister of Kerala state for two terms. The first term was from 1 November 1969 to 1 August 1970 and the second 4 October 1970 to 25 March 1977. He was instrumental in ...

led Ministry from 1970 till his death in January 1976. His son

Babu Divakaran Babu Divakaran is an Indian politician and a former Minister from the state of Kerala. He started his political career in the Revolutionary Socialist Party (India), Revolutionary Socialist Party. When the RSP split, he joined the Revolutionary So ...

was Labour Minister in the A. K. Antony and Oommen Chandy led Ministries.

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Members - Kerala Legislature
1920 births 1976 deaths Malayali politicians Politicians from Kollam Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians Kerala MLAs 1970–1977 {{Kerala-politician-stub